The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-11-10

are not run down. by yielding their
store of wealth to crops, but by having
it exhausted by rains, teaching and.
s%unburning. Plow deep, under-drain
well, seed the land to Glover and
the grasses, plant less and cultivate
intelligently. It was a sound practical
talk and was enjoyed. The venerable
J. NJ. Lindsay told us of "Govern-
ment in it's relation to agriculture y
and began by showing the four great
pillars which support u social fabric.
The farmer first, the mechanic and
manufacturer next and the merchant.
The farmer produced the raw material;
the mechanic and manufacturer put it
into marketable shape and the mer-
chant distributed it to the world. He
showed that agriculture is the greatest
and most important of all and received
less care and encouragement from the
government. Monopolists, million
ares, capitalists and spectators were
the especial pets of National legisla.
ton. "True we have a toy thrown to
us to keep us quiet-the so-called
Agricultural Department, but [ have
been trying to get some of its benefits
for so years, and if [ have been bene-
flied a nickle by it | am unable to
remember it. They send me seeds,
but [ find | have better at home" We
are told to work hard, to economic,
to improve our methods and to "keep
out of the dirty cess-pools of politics."
And there's where we miss it. We
do work hard, we do live hard, but
still our condition is not improved,
Why should we have the great in
terests of this country bedabbled and
polluted in "the dirty cess-pool of
politics p If the farmers of the land
had been properly mindful of their
duty, we would have no "~cess-pool."
1t would be cleansed and purified. He
was here with prejudice toward no
class, he was here not to speak in a
partisan sense, but to appeal to farmers
to magnify and dignity their calling.
That calling is most honorable that is
most useful, and that calling is most
useful that contributes most to the
sustenance of the human family. [
speak against nc class, but we may
talk of internal revenue, the tobacco
tax, the tariff and all that, but until
there is a readjustment in the great
industrial system of the country by
which the farmer shall be recognized
in his true relation, there will continue
to be heard the cry of hard times and
depression"
Col. J. M. Galloway, in strong Ian
guage, depicted the evils of "Exten-
sive farming" and in equally strong
language condemned it. Extensive
farming without manures is what has
ruined us. No man can succeed who
attempts to cultivate more land lan
he can work himself, or have done
under his eye or immediate control.
There is not a 1000 acre farm in
Rockingham today that will produce
as much as it did 10 years ago. We
want to change our methods, we want
to raise more wheat, we want to in
crease the yield+iA all crops, per acre,
and We. want these agricultural de-
partment men to tell us how to do it.
Our land is our best friend, and yet
we are numbering and robbing it and
are thus robbing our clindren."
Mr.. w. K. Davis gave a most in
~teresting talk on "Grass and Clover"
When he came here II years ago he
found the people killing, wearing out
and destroying their lands by cropping,
cropping, cropping. At that time he
did not believe there was as much as
one bushel of clover seed sold in the
whole county. When he bought his
land, he was told he had bought the